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January 08/2015

Dish Network Unveils Sling TV, a Streaming Service to Rival Cable (and It Has ESPN)

via New York Times

Dish Network, the satellite provider, is trying to lure younger viewers back to paying for television with the start of a web-based offering that include sESPN and a number of other popular networks for $20 a month, about a fifth the cost of the average household bill for cable and satellite service.

Announced at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Monday, the new service is called Sling TV, and provides live and on-demand television delivered via an Internet connection to television sets, computers and mobile devices.